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Elevating the voice of nurses through advocacy

American Nurse

These issues have caused widespread and historic nurse strikes. Long-term care minimum staffing rule In 2023, ANA maintained pressure on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its subagency the Centers for Medi-care and Medicaid Services (CMS) to address the nurse staffing crisis.

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How to Fix the Nursing Shortage and Address Burnout: Veteran Nurse Leader Has the Answers

Daily Nurse

And we need to ensure that the nurses graduating are practice-ready because they are not. We need to understand most nurses in acute care and long-term care settings now are novice nurses or nurses who have only been in the profession for a few years. And they are now aware of that.